(Considering this is an episode recap, it should go without saying that there are many spoilers ahead for the Aug. 13 episode of “Game of Thrones.”)

The fifth episode of “Game of Thrones” Season 7, “Eastwatch,” is upon us. And as the episode title suggests, the various characters are finally headed back to the Wall to start dealing with the White Walker threat.

But first things first: What happened to Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Bronn (Jerome Flynn) at the end of “The Spoils of War?” They did, in fact, avoid getting toasted by dragon fire. In addition, they also didn’t drown. The episode starts with Bronn dragging Jaime out of the river a ways away from where the battle took place. They’re alive and uncaptured.

Bronn, for his part, is concerned about what Jaime was planning when he rode straight at a dragon armed only with a spear and some hope. And while we don’t fully believe his practiced cynicism, as Bronn tells Jaime, until he gets what he’s owed, only Bronn gets to kill Jaime.

Jaime notes that he needs to tell Cersei what happened with the dragons, because if Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) were to unleash them, there’s no way they can win the war. Bronn agrees, and notes, “Dragons are where our partnership ends.” But again, we don’t fully believe his cynicism since he keeps sticking his neck out for people other than himself (see below.)

But most of the Lannisters didn’t get away. Back at the battlefield, Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) surveys the destruction, and it’s pretty horrifying, particularly as a sad version of “The Rains of Castamere” plays, mashed up with “Blood of My Blood,” AKA Daenerys leitmotif. Daenerys tells the captured Lannisters that she’s going to make the world better, and if they bend the knee, they can help — but if they don’t they’ll die. When Drogon roars, everyone bends — except Randyll Tarly (James Faulkner) and his son, Dickon (Tom Hopper) and a handful of others.

Randyll gets on a kick about how he supports a queen who was born in Westeros, where Tyrion has backed a foreign invader whose Hand murdered his father. Tyrion suggests they send Randyll to the Wall to join the Night’s Watch, but Randyll refuses, saying Daenerys isn’t his queen and thus can’t make him take the black. Randyll starts to go to his execution, but Dickon stops them. If they kill his dad, they have to kill Dickon too.

Tyrion counsels against executing them, especially Dickon, who he says they could toss in prison for a few months to get him to wise up, and noting that it’s not great to annihilate great houses. But Daenerys has made up her mind, and Tyrion can’t question her in public. She has the two Tarlys roasted alive by dragonfire. Tyrion is visibly shaken — Targaryens burning people alive is not a great look. But it did get the remaining holdouts to bend the knee to Daenerys.

Meanwhile, at the Red Keep in King’s Landing, Jaime has returned and goes to meet with Cersei (Lena Headey). Jaime’s got bad news: Having seen Dothraki and dragons in action, he’s reached a logical conclusion about the war:

Cersei notes there’s zero chance of them walking away if they were to sue for peace, since Jaime killed the Mad King, and Daenerys thinks she’s winning the war. Cersei notes that maybe Tyrion will intercede on their behalf, as way of apology for killing their father, Tywin (Charles Dance), and their son Joffrey (Jack Gleeson). Jaime tells Cersei that it was Lady Olenna (Diana Rigg) who really killed Joffrey, but it doesn’t change things for Cersei. They have no choice but to fight.

Back at Dragonstone, Drogon arrives with Daenerys on his back, and finds Jon Snow (Kit Harington) waiting on the cliffside. Drogon charges over to him, and Jon stands his ground, and even reaches out to touch Drogon. The man and the beast have a moment, and it’s clear the dragon, for whatever reason, trusts the King in the North. It’s a huge moment, since the prophecy from the “A Song of Ice and Fire” books has suggested to fans for years that “the dragon has three heads,” and we’ll see Daenerys riding dragons along with two other people. This is a pretty good argument that Jon will be one of the dragonriders.

After the dragons leave, Daenerys tells Jon that she has fewer enemies now, thanks to the successful battle. She also asks him about the knife Ser Davos (Liam Cunningham) told her Jon took in the heart for his people. Before he has a chance to explain, someone else shows up: Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen). Having been cured of greyscale, he pledges himself to her service again. “It would be my honor,” Daenerys answers, and showing her faith in him, hugs him — a huge show of trust, since greyscale is passed by touch.

Over at Winterfell, Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) is finally doing something useful instead of just creeping out his siblings after being gone for years. He’s taken control of a ton of ravens with his warg powers and sends them north, beyond the Wall, to see what the Night King is up to. What he learns is a big problem. The absolutely huge Army of the Dead is marching on Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, the eastern castle of the Night’s Watch. Fans will remember that that’s the castle Jon sent Tormund (Kristofer Hivju) and the rest of the Free Folk to guard.

Bran orders ravens sent out to warn everyone of what he’s just seen.

Meanwhile at Citadel (HQ of the maesters), the raven has arrived and the maesters are discussing Bran’s message while Samwell Tarly (John Bradley-West) works nearby. As the maesters are making fun of the message about the Army of the Dead, Sam vouches for Bran, since he let him through the Wall. Bran survived for years, Sam says, where no one else could.

Sam suggests that Oldtown use its authority to convince everyone to prepare to fight the Army of the Dead. Archmaester Marwyn (Jim Broadbent) says he’ll send a raven to Winterfell for clarification, but the maesters still don’t really buy the warning from the North.

Back at Dragonstone, Tyrion tells Varys (Conleth Hill) what he saw on the battlefield. Tyrion is obviously still troubled about what he saw, but he makes some excuses. He knows a ruler has to make tough choices and be ruthless at times. But Varys reminds him of what it was like to be an adviser to the Mad King. He kept telling himself, “I’m not the one doing it,” he says, as the Mad King burned people alive.

“Daenerys is not her father,” Tyrion says.

“And she never will be — with the right counsel,” Varys responds. “You need to find a way to make her listen.”

The war council deals with Bran’s message, which is also Jon’s realization that Arya (Maisie Williams) and Bran are still alive. Jon needs to go North, he says, and Daenerys says she can’t send her troops to go with him, because Cersei will march in and take what Daenerys currently holds.

Tyrion has a plan: Bring a wight to King’s Landing to show Cersei and convince her of the threat from the White Walkers. They only need one dead soldier to prove to everyone that the Night King is real. But Varys notes that they’ll have to convince Cersei to grant them an audience. Davos suggests he can smuggle Tyrion into King’s Landing to talk to Cersei and Jaime and convince them.

“With the Queen’s permission, I’ll go North and take one,” Jorah says. “You told me to find a cure so I could serve you. I’m ready to serve you.”

And Jon says he’ll be going on the raid too. With his experience with the White Walkers, he has to. Daenerys says he hasn’t given her permission, but as King in the North, he says he doesn’t need it.

“I put my trust in you, a stranger, because I knew it was the best chance for my people, for all our people,” Jon says. Now “I’m asking you to trust in a stranger. Because it’s our best chance.”

Back at Winterfell, the Northern lords are ready to throw their support behind Sansa (Sophie Turner), since Jon keeps wanting to leave. Sansa reminds them that Jon is King in the North, but it’s clear things are shifting. After the discussion in the main hall, Sansa and Arya discuss what’s happening in the lord’s chambers. Arya’s not happy that the lords insulted Jon, but Sansa knows she needs to play politics and keep the lords happy.

“Winterfall didn’t fall into our hands,” Sansa says. “We took it back. I’m sure cutting off heads is very satisfying, but it’s not how you get people to work together.”

Arya doesn’t buy it. She tells Sansa she’s thinking about what might happen if Jon doesn’t come back, and how she’ll hold onto power. The two sisters weren’t friends before, and it seems like they aren’t now.

At King’s Landing, Davos and Tyrion land on the beach to sneak into the city. Bronn brings Jaime beneath the Red Keep, tricking him into meeting Tyrion. Jaime’s not happy to see Tyrion, and is angry with him for murdering Tywin, not to mention betraying the family and whatnot.

“Daenerys will win this war,” Tyrion tells him, trying to get Jaime to listen. “You’re a military man, you must know there’s no way around it. Daenerys is not her father. She’s even willing to suspend hostilities if Cersei agrees to certain terms.”

“If you want Cersei to bend the knee you can ask her yourself,” Jaime returns.

“I don’t. Daenerys doesn’t. Not now, anyway. She has a more important request,” Tyrion tells him.

We go with Davos to Flea Bottom next, where he said he has business. And that business is — Gendry (Joe Dempsie)!

“Wasn’t sure if I’d find you,” Davos says. “Thought you might still be rowing.” Gotta love it when “Game of Thrones” references memes about it.

Davos recruits Gendry to go with him. He says he’s been getting ready for something and didn’t know what it was, but he wasn’t planning on making swords for the people who killed his father, King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy). And he’s made himself a war hammer, just like King Robert famously wielded.

They head down to the boat Davos and Tyrion arrived in, and they’re accosted by a pair of soldiers from the city watch. Davos bribes them and uses some smooth talk to get out of there, but then Tyrion arrives. The soldiers turn around to grab Tyrion, but Gendry puts his war hammer to use and takes them both out.

Back in King’s Landing, Jaime interrupts Qyburn (Anton Lesser) with Cersei, and pointedly asks what he was doing in Cersei’s chamber. Cersei blows off the question.

Jaime tells Cersei about his meeting with Tyrion, but she already knows. She sees the call for an armistice and the threat of the Night King as an opportunity to outthink her opponents. And there’s a further wrinkle: She’s pregnant with another of Jaime’s babies, she says. As they embrace, she reminds Jaime, “Never betray me again.”

Back at Dragonstone, Davos brings Gendry to meet Jon Snow, warning him to keep his identity a secret. But Gendry immediately tells Jon who he is. “Our fathers trusted each other — why shouldn’t we?” Gendry volunteers for the chance to go North of the Wall. Baratheons and Starks have been allies for years, and now they’re pals again. Pretty cool.

Davos counsels against everyone going north and getting killed, but neither Jon nor Gendry will listen.

“Nobody mind me,” Davos returns. “All I’ve ever done is live to a ripe old age.”

Tyrion sees everyone off, and has a moment with Jorah, with whom he had a complicated kidnapper-kidnappee relationship. Daenerys shows up a second later, Jon and Daenerys have another pointed moment. Their relationship is definitely building in a romantic direction.

In Oldtown, Sam is busy transcribing more scrolls as his punishment for helping Jorah, while Gilly (Hannah Murray) is having a good time reading all of them. She discovers something pretty important in there, from the high septon who served the Mad King. The septon wrote that he annulled the marriage of one “Prince Ragger” — who we can safely assume is Rhaegar Targaryen, the son of the Mad King and Dany’s brother who was killed by Robert Baratheon during Robert’s Rebellion. The septon also performed a secret wedding ceremony for the prince — presumably to Lyanna Stark, Ned’s sister and the true mother of Jon Snow. If Lyanna and Rhaegar were actually married when Jon was born, that would mean Jon Snow isn’t a bastard — he’s Jon Targaryen, the trueborn heir to Prince Rhaegar (and probably the Iron Throne).

With all the garbage work Sam’s been given at the Oldtown, he finally gets fed up and leaves, bringing some of the maesters’ books with him.

“I’m tired of reading about the achievements of better men,” Sam says. He’s off to get something done for a change, instead of waiting for the maesters to believe him about the White Walkers.

Over in Winterfell, Arya is watching Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen), who’s up to his usual intrigue. Arya secretly follows him around, watching him meet with spies and lords. Finally, she sees Maester Wolkan (Richard Rycroft) bring a document that once belonged to Maester Luwin. Littlefinger confirms whatever it is is the only copy in Winterfell, and then thanks him.

Arya breaks into Littlefinger’s chamber to find out what he’s up to. She searches his room and finds the document. She leaves soon after, and we discover that it’s Littlefinger watching Arya — and that he probably planted the document for her benefit. Littlefinger still has some plans.

Finally, we get to Eastwatch, with Jon meeting Tormund with the rest of his crew. They want to go north of the Wall, and Tormund tells him they’re not the only ones. He’s captured The Hound (Rory McCann), Ser Beric (Richard Dormer) and Thoros of Myr (Paul Kaye), who are all headed north too. Gendry doesn’t think they should trust them.

“There’s a greater purpose at work,” Beric says. “We all serve it, whether we know it or not.”

Jon agrees to take them with him, and it’s time to go. The gate in the Wall opens, and the party of some of the best killers in “Game of Thrones” is ready to go try to capture a wight from the Army of the Dead.

'Game of Thrones': Key Events in the Series So Far (Photos)

If you hate missing out on the pop culture phenomenon that is "Game of Thrones" but can't be bothered to watch the whole thing, or you just need a refresher on the past six seasons of murder and intrigue, check our list of the big events in the series' history you absolutely have to know as we approach season 7. (Spoilers, of course)

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Ned Stark's execution (Season 1)

Ned had discovered that King Robert's kids were actually fathered by Jaime Lannister, but the new king Joffrey wouldn't have any of that talk about his incestuous parentage and took off Ned's head, sparking a war that that kicked off the larger arc of the show in Westeros. This was particularly shocking because Ned was positioned as the protagonist of the series before being killed nine episodes in.

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Daenerys gives birth to dragons (Season 1)

After her husband Khal Drogo died, Daenerys burned his body on a funeral pyre -- and then walked into the fire herself with three ancient dragon eggs. She survived, because as a true "dragon" of the Targaryen dynasty is immune to heat and fire ... and the dragon eggs hatched.

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Renly Baratheon's murder (Season 2)

Renly was killed by the ghost baby of Stannis and Melisandre. Don't worry about the specifics. Just know that it happened.

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The Battle of the Blackwater (Season 2)

Stannis took a fleet of ships into Blackwater Bay to try to take King's Landing and the Iron Throne from Joffrey, but a combination of Tyrion's superior tactics and the timely intervention of Lannister and Tyrell forces from the Riverlands saved the day.

Theon turned on his Stark allies by occupying Winterfell with men from his homeland, the Iron Islands, while the Stark army was occupied in the south. The Star children, Bran and Rickon, escaped with Hodor and the wildling Osha, so Theon murdered two other boys and burned their bodies and told everybody it was the Stark boys.

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The Red Wedding (Season 3)

Robb Stark had vowed to marry one of Walder Frey's daughters in exchange for use of a strategically-located bridge, but then broke that vow and married Talisa instead. The Starks put forth Robb's uncle Edmure Tully to wed one ofthe Frey daughters instead, but Walder and Stark supporter Roose Bolton secretly made a pact with the Lannisters. At Edmure's wedding, the Freys and they butchered Robb, Talisa and Catelyn at the nuptials, along with the rest of the Stark forces who were present.

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Daenerys overthrows the Masters of Slaver's Bay (Seasons 3 and 4)

Daenerys marches into Slaver's Bay with riches pilfered from the city of Qarth, and arranges to buy a slave army called the Unsullied. But instead of paying, she sacks the city of Astapor with her dragons, freeing the local slaves. She then also takes two other cities and then settles in the third, Mereen, where she rules.

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Joffrey's wedding (Season 4)

King Joffrey weds Margaery Tyrell, but is poisoned at the Purple Wedding feast. It's hilarious, until Tyrion is arrested for his nephew's murder.

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Tyrion's trial (Season 4)

Tyrion didn't poison Joffrey, but he takes the fall. He demands a trial by combat, with the Red Viper Oberyn Martell as his champion -- but the Viper is killed fighting a giant man called The Mountain. His brother Jaime and spymaster Varys help him escape execution, and Tyrion then murders his dad Tywin on the way out for good measure.

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The Battle of Castle Black (Season 4)

A group of wildlings, including Jon Snow's lover Ygritte, attempt to take Castle Black at the Wall, but they lose the battle. Ygritte is killed and dies in Jon's arms.

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Hardhome (Season 5)

After being elected Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jon Snow travels north of the Wall to the wildling city Hardhome, to try to save them from death at the hands of the White Walkers and their undead horde. But those supernatural foes show up when Jon is in town, and a ridiculously awesome battle ensues.

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The attempted coup by the Sons of the Harpy in Meereen (Season 5)

Not everybody is happy with Dany's rule in Slaver's Bay. A secret society called the Sons of the Harpy attempt to take her out during a gladiator battle, but she escapes on the back of one of her dragons.

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The return of the Faith Militant (Season 5)

A man known only as the High Sparrow ascends to the top of the food chain in the Faith of the Seven, and with Cersei's help reinstitutes an old order called the Faith Militant to clean up the dirty streets of the capital. The plan backfires, though, and over the course of Seasons 5 and 6 the High Sparrow has become the most powerful man in King's Landing.

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Stannis burns his daughter alive, and then dies (Season 5)

In order to ensure his victory in the north and the survival of his men, Stannis sacrifices his daughter Shireen to the Lord of Light. It doesn't work, though -- much of Stannis' army goes AWOL the next day, his wife hangs herself, and then Stannis himself and the rest of his army is killed at Winterfell. Oops.

Ramsay Bolton is sadistic as hell, capturing Theon after his shenanigans at Winterfell, and spending an entire season torturing him, including castration. Then, Sansa Stark is forced to marry Ramsay, and he sexually assaults her repeatedly, until Sansa and Theon escape.

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Jon Snow is murdered ... and is resurrected (Seasons 5 and 6)

Not all of the Night's Watch is happy with Lord Commander Snow's decision to ally with wildlings from beyond the wall. A small group of them stab Jon to death. But Melisandre resurrects him, and Jon gets his revenge against the mutineers by hanging them.

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Melisandre is really, really old (Season 6)

The sexy Red Woman, it turns out, is actually an old lady using a magical gem to preserve the appearance of youthfulness.

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The Sand Snakes take over Dorne (Season 6)

Led by Prince Oberyn's paramour, Ellaria Sand, Oberyn's daughters (known as the Sand Snakes) murder Prince Doran and his son Trystane, effectively taking over the country. They're plan is to wage war against the Lannisters and get revenge for Prince Oberyn's death.

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Daenerys takes control of the Dothraki (season 6)

After escaping the coup in Mereen on her dragon, Dany is stranded in the wilderness and captured by Dothraki, who force her to live among other wives of dead Khals. But she pulls a fast one, killing all the living Khals in a fire and then walking out, taking control of all the Dothraki forces.

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Hodor dies (Season 6)

Hodor held the door to the cave of the Three-Eyed Raven so Meera and Bran could escape the White Walkers' undead horde, dying in the process and causing a social media frenzy as the origin of his name is revealed. There is time travel and a paradoxical time looped involved, awesomely.

With Queen Margaery and her brother Loras in church prison for all of season 6 so far, Tommen spent a lot of time with the High Sparrow trying to get him to let them go. The impressionable Tommen ended up instead establishing a partnership between the crown and the Faith of the Seven, thanks to prodding from both Margaery and the High Sparrow, alienating his mother Cersei in the process.

Pretty much coming out of nowhere is Euron Greyjoy, the raider brother of Theon and Yara's father, Baelon Greyjoy, who named himself king of the Iron Isles. Euron tosses Baelon off a bridge in the middle of a storm, and then wins the kingsmoot, an election in which a new king is chosen. He then goes on the warpath again, trying to eliminate Baelon's kids so they can't rival his claim to power. The Greyjoy kids wind up teaming up with Danaerys.

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The Masters of Slaver's Bay invade Meereen (Season 6)

Tyrion tried to appease the Masters by allowing them to keep their slaves for seven years while they figured out how to rework their economy into a slaveless one. The Masters responded by sacking Meereen. But Daenerys showed up in the nick of time with her dragons and defeated them soundly, claiming their fleet of ships for her own.

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The Battle of the Bastards (Season 6)

Sansa Stark and her half-brother Jon Snow took an army of wildlings to Winterfell to reclaim it from Ramsay Bolton and the rogue House Umber. They succeeded, thanks to the timely intervention of the knights of the Vale, who came at Sansa's behest.

In the finale, Cersei goes full Mad Queen and in one fell swoop, destroys most of her enemies. Cersei had Qyburn use children to light a cache of wildfire beneath the sept, placed there by order of King Aerys years earlier. The huge explosion wiped out most of the Tyrells, including Margaery, Loras and Lord Mace Tyrell, as well as Cersei's uncle Kevan Lannister, the High Sparrow, and the Faith Militant. As a result, King Tommen committed suicide by throwing himself out a window, leaving Cersei on the Iron Throne.

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Jon Snow becomes the King in the North (Season 6)

With Winterfell recaptured, the houses of the Vale and the North pledge themselves to Jon Snow, who they name the King in the North. Meanwhile, Sansa Stark is technically Lady of Winterfell and the rightful Stark heir.

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Bran Stark heads south, now imbued with the magical abilities of the Three-Eyed Raven

Bran was absent for a season because he was training with the ancient Three-Eyed Raven to hone his "sight" -- the ability to see the distant future and the past -- for example, when he sees a vision of his father Ned's fateful visit to the Tower of Joy, where Ned's sister Lyanna dies after giving birth to Jon Snow, whose true father was Raegar Targaryen. How Bran's new powers will play into the new war in Westeros is yet unknown.

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Arya kills Walder Frey (Season 6)

Returning to Westeros, Arya gets her revenge for the Red Wedding by first killing Lord Walder Frey's sons, then baking them into a pie. She gets Lord Walder to eat the pie before slitting his throat and reveling in it the whole time.

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Daenerys sails for Westeros (Season 6)

After six whole seasons of waiting, Danaerys and her dragons finally sail for Westeros with all her allies, a massive fleet, and the biggest army in the world.

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Arya gets her revenge on the Freys (Season 7)

With Walder Frey's face, Arya takes down the rest of House Frey in a beautifully horrific echo of the Red Wedding. She poisons all the remaining Frey men -- 51 of them by our count -- and leaves Walder's young wife with the message, "Winter has come for House Frey."

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Cersei courts an alliance with Euron Greyjoy (Season 7)

With no allies left and enemies on all sides, Cersei entertains the possibility of siding with the psychopathic Euron Greyjoy, king of the Iron Isles. She refuses his marriage proposal, but as a show of faith, he promises her a "priceless gift." Foreshadowing much?

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Euron captures Yara Greyjoy and Ellaria Sand (Season 7)

Daenerys sent Ellaria Sand and the Sand Snakes back to Dorne to raise their army, escorted by Yara and the Iron Fleet. Along the way, though, they were intercepted by Euron's fleet and attacked. Euron killed two of the Sand Snakes, Obara and Nymeria, and captured Ellaria, Yara, and the third Sand Snake, Tyene. Theon Greyjoy managed to escape by (seemingly) selfishly diving overboard.

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Jon meets Daenerys (Season 7)

The first meeting between the Mother of Dragons and the King in the North could have gone better, with Daenerys demanding fealty from Jon, who refused. She doesn't believe him about the Night King, either, which is a major problem. But Dany does allow Jon to mine Dragonstone's Dragonglass, which will be key in that battle.

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Cersei gets her revenge (Season 7)

With Ellaria captured, Cersei uses the same poison that killed her daughter Myrcella to kill Ellaria's daughter, Tyene. Then Jaime executes a deft strategic move and, while the Unsullied are capturing Casterly Rock, he marches on Highgarden, the seat of House Tyrell. Jaime gets the Tyrell fortress, eliminates Lady Olenna, and nabs the money of the wealthiest family in Westeros. It's a major blow to Daenerys' war effort.

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The Stark kids reunite (Season 7)

In something of a more subdued moment, Arya Stark returns to Winterfell, where Sansa Stark is the Lady of Winterfell. Brann Stark, now the Three-Eyed Raven (and thoroughly weird) has arrived as well, bringing more Stark kids together in one place than we’ve seen since Season 1. Clearly, the reunion of House Stark is going to have some major consequences going forward.

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Daenerys attacks the Lannister line (Season 7)

In response to losing Highgarden and Dorne, Daenerys finally takes warfare into her own hands. She and her Dothraki warriors head for King’s Landing, but they don’t attack the city — they attack the Lannister supply line bringing gold and grain to the city from their victory in Highgarden. Dany uses Drogon to destroy the Lannister supply wagons and the Dothraki decimate at least a part of the Lannister army, but we don’t see the full aftermath of the battle, or Jaime Lannister’s fate.

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Daenerys wipes out House Tarly (Season 7)

After defeating the Lannister army last episode, Daenerys has the survivors in her mercy -- including Randyll and Dickon Tarly (Samwell's father and brother). They refused to bend the knee and for keeping their honor, were burned to a crisp by Drogon. That leaves House Tarly without a head... unless Samwell ever leaves the Night's Watch without being executed for desertion.

Samwell Tarly abandons maester training (Season 7)

Sam has been training to become a maester, but he's increasingly frustrated by the order's unwillingness to consider his own experience with the White Walkers, or prepare in a meaningful way for the war to come. So he goes to the library, steals some important books, and bounces along with Gilly and Sam junior.

Cersei is pregnant (Season 7)

All of their children may be dead, but Cersei revealed to Jaime that she's expecting another baby -- and as far as he knows, it's his. In fact Cersei says she plans to tell everyone Jaime is the father. Whether that's true remains to be seen.

Jon Snow assembles Westeros' Magnificent Seven (Season 7)

As far as Jon is concerned, the only important matter is to convince everyone they need to be freaked out about the Night King's invasion. Which means, he needs to grab a Wight and bring it south. To help, he recruits Gendry, Tormund, Ser Jorah, Thoros of Myr, Ser Berric, and Sandor Clegane (The Hound). Holy crap.

Littlefinger maneuvers Arya and Sansa against each other (Season 7)

Machinations are afoot in Winterfell, where Littlefinger seems to be trying to get Sansa to turn on Jon Snow, and Arya to turn on Sansa, as part of his own plan. But Sansa clearly doesn't trust him, Arya seemingly has plans of her own, and Bran's there with his magical Three-Eyed Raven powers. The intrigue is building to a potentially lethal head.

Though they were nearly killed by the army of the dead when they were surrounded, Jon Snow's expedition beyond the Wall managed to capture a wight to prove the existence of the Night King to everyone in Westeros. Jon was nearly killed in the battle after falling into a frozen lake, however.

Benjen Stark saves Jon Snow (Season 7)

As the army of the dead is closing on Jon after he pulls himself out of the frozen lake, he's saved from certain doom by Benjen Stark, Jon's uncle. Benjen was killed by the White Walkers but saved by the Children of the Forest, and had previously saved Bran and Meera Reed at the Three-Eyed Raven's behest. He gives Jon his horse and save's the King in the North's life, but is overwhelmed by wights while Jon escapes.

Jon Snow pledges fealty to Daenerys (Season 7)

After Jon makes it back to Eastwatch, he and Daenerys have a conversation aboard the ship bearing them to Dragonstone. Having seen the Night King, Daenerys pledges to help Jon fight it. He, in turn, tells her he'll bend the knee and declare her his queen.

The Night King kills and reanimates Viserion (Season 7)

During the battle beyond the Wall, the Night King uses an ice spear to slay one of Daenerys' dragons, Viserion. After everyone escapes, he uses his army of the dead to drag Viserion's body out of the frozen lake into which it crashed, and then revives him as an undead wight to add to his forces.

Cersei declares a truce with Daenerys and Jon Snow (Season 7)

In a meeting in King's Landing, Jon demonstrates the threat the Night King poses, using the wight captured beyond the Wall. Cersei agrees to send her troops north to help fight the dead, but secretly plans to remain in the south and retake the lands she lost to Daenerys while her enemies go north.

Sansa and Arya execute Littlefinger (Season 7)

Throughout Season 7, Littlefinger has tried to pit Sansa Stark against her sister Arya, but didn't realize the women were actually manipulating him. Once they had the loyalty of the Knights of the Vale guaranteed, they laid out Littlefinger's crimes in public, and Arya cut his throat.

Jaime leaves Cersei (Season 7)

When Cersei reveals she intends to betray Daenerys, Jaime argues with her. He believes the dead are the greater threat and he intends to honor his word and ride north to fight. When Cersei seemingly threatens to kill him for the betrayal, Jaime storms out, leaving King's Landing alone.

The Night King breaches the Wall (Season 7)

It appears that Jon Snow's plan to capture a wight from beyond the Wall played right into the plan of the Night King. When Daenerys arrived with her dragons to save Jon and his companions, the Night King killed one and reanimated it as part of his army. Riding the dragon, he was able to use its magical blue flame to rip a hole in the Wall large enough for the army of the dead to pass through.

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